Supports for sleeve board



July 31, 1956 vo 2,756,523

SUPPORTS FOR SLEEVE BOARD Filed Oct. 9, 1955 INVENTOR. H ERBERT L. VOKGTATTORNEY United States Patent SUPPORTS FOR SLEEVE BOARD Herbert L.Voigt, Milwaukee, Wis.,

Paeschke & Frey Co., Milwaukee, of Wisconsin assignor to Gender, Wis., acorporation This invention relates to improvements in supports forsleeve boards adapted to be mounted on ironing tables.

It is an object of this invention to provide a sleeve board withsupports which will collapse to form a compact package and when extendedto ironing position will support the sleeve board on a conventionalironing table having the customary end protector or rest bar.

In obtaining this object the sleeve board is provided with a front leghinged to the board about an axis transverse of the board and twoseparate rear legs hinged to the board about an axis longitudinal of theboard. The rear legs have hooks at their ends which engage the rest barof the conventional ironing table to support the rear end of the sleeveboard against upward and downward displacement. By longitudinallyoffsetting the separate rear legs, they may pass each other ascollapsed.

For a more detailed description of this invention reference should bemade to the following description of the specific embodiment read inconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a sleeve board provided withsupports embodying the present invention, part shown in section for sakeof illustration Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the sleeve board of Fig.1 with the supports in ironing position;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the sleeve board of Fig. 1 with thesupports in collapsed position;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view similar to the sectional view of Fig. 4showing the supports collapsed.

The sleeve board illustrated in the drawing is of customary design andconsists of a flat top surrounded by a depending marginal flange 12terminating in an inturned bead 14. The sleeve board is shown positionedon a conventional ironing table 16 which has a rest bar 18 extendingalong and spaced from the end of the ironing table 16. The rest bar 18is standard equipment on many ironing tables and protects the roundedend of the table when the latter is positioned in stored away uprightposition.

The forward support (to the left as viewed) for the sleeve board is madeof stiff wire and has a foot or bridge 20 and two legs 22 offset at 23and terminating in pins 24. This front support is pivoted to the boardby a strap secured to the top 10 and having two spaced vertical portions26 which are pierced to rotatively hold the pins 24. These portions haveinwardly projecting dimples 28 which engage the offsets 23 in theironing position of the forward support to hold it in such position. Tocollapse such forward leg it is swung about the pins 24 until its2,756,523 Patented July 31, 1.956

bridge 20 rests against the top 10 as is shown in the dotted line ofFig. 1. If desired, the strap for supporting, the forward support mayalso act as a stiffener for the top 10. In order to have substantialoverhang at the forward end of the board, the forward support ispositioned substantially at the center of such board.

Rear (to the right as viewed) supports 30 and 32 for the sleeve boardhave bearings 34 at their tops, the axes of which extend longitudinallyof the sleeve board and are pivotally mounted in cylindrical portions 36formed in a strap 38. As is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, this strap issecured to the top 10 at an angle to the transverse axis of the top toprovide clearance between the support 30 and the support 32 to permitcollapsing thereof. Each of the rear supports is provided with a lockingbar 40 offset from the bearing 34 at the angle shown in Fig. 4, so thatwith the supports in ironing position the locking bars 40 will seat inresilient clamps 42 formed on the ends of the strap 38 and hold suchsupports in said position. Each of the rear supports terminates in ahook 44 which opens rearwardly and partially encircles the rest bar 18.The legs of such hooks are longer than the distance between the rest bar18 and the edge of the table 16 so that with the sleeve board in ironingposition, the hooks 44 can not be detached from such bar. The legs ofthe hooks extend above and below the rest bar to prevent the supportsfrom moving either up or down relative thereto. As is shown in Fig. 2the hook 44 of support 32 is offset towards the front from its verticalleg less than the hook 44 of the support 30. The purpose of this is tokeep the bight of the hooks in alignment with the transverse rest bar18. T o collapse the rear supports 30 and 32, the free ends are movedtoward each other springing the locking bars 40 out of the clamps 42.Then the support 32 is first folded to the collapsed position shown inFigs. 3 and 5. Then the support 30 may be folded to its collapsedposition shown in such figures. In this way the hook 44 of the support32 will swing under the hook 44 of the support 30.

When the board is in the ironing position shown in Fig. 1 it may betemporarily swung away from the surface of the ironing table 16 aboutthe axis of the rest bar 18 until the lower legs of the hooks 44 engagethe edge of the table 16. In this position the board will be at an angleslightly to the right of the vertical plane through the bar 18 and willbe held by the engagement between the legs of hooks 44 and the edge ofthe table 16 counteracting gravity in this temporarily locked posi tion.To remove the sleeve board for storage it is unhooked from the rest bar18 and its legs collapsed as heretofore described.

While there is shown a particular embodiment of this invention, manymodifications may be made and it is contemplated that the followingclaim covers any such modifications as come within the spirit andscope'of this invention.

I claim:

In a sleeve board, a pair of rear legs having separate pivotalconnections with said board along axes longitudinal of said boardwhereby said rear legs swing toward each other from upright to collapsedpositions, said legs being staggered longitudinally of said board toprovide clearance therefor in the collapsed position, frictional meansoperative between each leg and said board to hold said legs in uprightposition, and hooks at the free ends of said legs having upper and lowerleg portions extend- References Cited in the file of this patent ingalong the longitudinal axis of said board and opening rearwardlythereof, said upper and lower leg portions being positioned tosimultaneously engage from above and below a rod-like membertransversely positioned with respect to said board, one of said hooksbeing ofiset with respect to its leg longitudinally of said board anamount suflicient to account for said staggered relationship so that thebights of said hooks are aligned transversely of said board.

UNITED STATES PATENTS Hofline May 28, 1912 Nichols May 22, 1917 BainMar. 11, 1924 Waddle Aug. 18, 1925 Hess Sept. 21, 1926 Bromley Nov. 30,1926 Bugg Feb. 1, 1955 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain May 26, 1827 CanadaApr. 7, 1953

